Physiological function of Flo11p domains and the particular role of amyloid core sequences of this adhesin in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (original) (raw)

ABSTRACTFlocculins are a family of glycosylated proteins that provide yeast cells with several properties such as biofilm formation, flocculation, invasive growth or formation of velum. These proteins are similarly organised with a N-terminal (adhesion) domain, a stalk-like central B-domain with several repeats and a C-terminal sequence carrying a cell wall anchor site. They also contain amyloid β-aggregation-prone sequences whose functional role is still unclear. In this work, we show that Flo11p differs from other flocculins by the presence of unique amyloid-forming sequences, whose the number is critical in the formation of adhesion nanodomains under a physical shear force. Using a genome editing approach to identify the function of domains in Flo11p phenotypes, we show that the formation of cellular aggregates whose density increases with the number of amyloid sequences cannot be attributed to a specific domain of Flo11p. The same is true for plastic adhesion and surface hydroph...

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